METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BUTADIENE

• Main Authors: SCHINDLER, GOETZ-PETER, CRONE, SVEN, BRODHAGEN, ANDREAS, JOHANN, THORSTEN, DUDA, MARK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.04.2008
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The disclosure involves a process for preparing butadiene from n-butane. In the process, n-butane is first dehydrogenated autothermally under nonoxidative conditions to form a gas stream. The gas stream is then oxidatively dehydrogenated to form a second gas stream. From the second gas stream, a thi...